Friday, November 29, 2013

6 Weeks of Cookies Challenge: Boiled Cookies

I am joining Allison over at Go Dansker Mom
for a 6 week challenge of cookie making.Just like Allison, I have a
habit of waiting till a week before Christmas to bake cookies and then
we end up with way too many to eat or even give away. So I asked Allison
if I could jump on board and join her.

With Thanksgiving this week I was already doing a lot of cooking and baking. So I needed some simple, easy, quick cookies I had made before. I opted for one of my favorite recipes I inherited from my grandmother: Boiled Cookies. To the right is a picture of the original recipe written on an index card in my grandmother's handwriting with my aunt's name on it. You can see by the stains that it's been used a few times ;)

2 Cups Sugar

1 Stick Margarine (tub butter will not work!)

1/2 Cup Milk

4 T. Cocoa

2 1/2 Cups Quick-cook oatmeal (Not instant)

2 tsp. Vanilla

1/2 Cup Peanut butter

1. Put Sugar, Margarine, Milk, and Cocoa in a large sauce pan and bring to a boil.

5. Leave to cool and harden. Can take up to an hour depending on size of cookies.

6. Remove from wax paper and enjoy!

This recipe is a childhood favorite of mine and I now share with my kids. Bubee actually helped me make this batch. The cookies end up being like a mix between oatmeal cookies and fudge. If you're going to store or transport these make sure to put a piece of wax paper between each layer or they will stick to each other.

Hi! I'm Steph! I am a happily married, work at home, homeschooling mother of 3. I own my own business, Atlanta's Santas, and in the off-season Love to participate in Children's Consignment Sales, Mary Kay, and volunteer at Little Lady's Pre-school.